2011 Football Roster

K

Kicker who enrolled at Florida in January of
2008…Earned a medical redshirt for the 2010 season after a back injury
sidelined him…Was 70-for-88 (.795) on field goal attempts and 130-for-136 on
PATs, third in school history on PATs…The 70 made field goals is the most in
school history and sixth-most in SEC history…Made eight field goals of
50-or-more yards in his career, the most in UF history…Has 340 career points, the
third-most in school history (11th in SEC history) and the 106 points in 2012
alone was good for seventh-highest for a UF player ever in one season…Tallied
88 field goal attempts throughout his career, the most in UF history (tied for
11th in SEC history)…The 28 field-goal attempts during the 2012 season were the
second-most for a Gator, just shy of the record of 30 he set back in
2009…Compiled a staggering 79.5 field goal percentage over his career, the
second-most in school history, 10th in SEC history (min. 50 attempts) behind
Jeff Chandler (83.8%) and fourth in school history (min. 35 attempts)…Graduated
with a degree in Sports Management and is currently enrolled in graduate
school.

HONORS:

Named a top three finalist for the Lou Groza
Award in 2011 and 2012 and semifinalist in 2009…Earned the 2012 SEC co-Special
Teams Player of the Year…In 2012, named a CBSSports.com All-American, Sporting
News All-American, First-Team AP All-SEC, First-Team Special Teams Coaches’
All-SEC…Was the SEC co-Special Teams Player of the Week (11/26)…Named a Senior
Class Award Top 30 finalist and semifinalist for the NFF William V. Campbell
Trophy…Also participated in the East-West Shrine game in 2012…A First-Team
Offense AP All-SEC Named a First-Team ESPN.com All-American in 2011, as well as
a Second-Team All-American by CBSSports.com, Walter Camp, Yahoo! Sports, Sports
Illustrated, Rivals.com and AP…First Team All-SEC in 2011 by the AP and the
league’s coaches…Three-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2012:

Named a finalist for the 2012 Lou Groza Award,
given to the nation’s top placekicker…Named SEC Special Teams Player of the
Week after hitting two field goals, including a 51-yarder, in the win at Texas
A&M…Earned his second SEC Special Teams Player of the Week honor after
helping the Gators to a win over in-state rival Florida State…His three field
goals on the day put him in sole possession of the UF record for career field
goals made (68), besting Jeff Chandler’s record set from 1997-2001…Selected to
the SEC Community Service Team…Chosen as a m\Midseason Second-Team All-American
by Phil Steele and CBSSports.com…A Top 30 Finalist for the Senior Class Award
and a semifinalist for the NFF William V. Campbell Trophy…Finished the season
with an 85.7 field goals made percentage by placing 24 of 28 field goals
through the uprights, including going a perfect 3-for-3 on kicks 50 yards or
longer and made multiple field goals in eight games on the season…Three of his
four misses were blocked…His 24 field goals gave him the single-season UF
record for field goals made in a season…Was also the Gators’ primary kick-off
specialist, netting a 63.0 yard average with 31 touchbacks for the season…Tied
for 3rd nationally with 1.85 field goals made per game…Led the SEC with 24 made
field goals….Led the Gators in scoring during the season with 106 points.

2011:

Named a finalist for the 2011 Lou Groza Award…Went
22-of-26 on the season with a long of 55 yards, the third-longest make in the
country that season…Ranked third in the nation with 22 made field goals and
also ranked third in field goal makes per game with 1.7…Converted on all 31 of
his PAT attempts…Was one of only two kickers in FBS to have made three field
goals of 50-or-more yards…Made his first 12 field goal attempts of the season
before missing a 52-yarder vs. Alabama, the third-longest streak of makes to
start a season in school history…Named a Lou Groza Award “Star of the Week” for
Week 3 after converting on all four of his field-goal attempts, a new career high,
and all three of his extra-point attempts vs. Tennessee…Also named the SEC
Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance against the Vols…Made
three field goals against UAB…Scored the Gators’ first points of the 2011
season on a 51-yard make against FAU, becoming the sixth kicker in UF history
to make at least three 50-yard field goals in his career…Averaged 66.4 yards
per kickoff with 10 touchbacks…Named to the 2011 SEC Fall Academic Honor
Roll.

2010:

Named to the 2010 Fall SEC Academic Honor
Roll…Was the primary placekicker in the first four games before suffering a
back injury that sidelined him for the final nine games of the season…Was
2-for-4 on field goals and was 19-for-21 on extra points…Went 6-for-7 on extra
points and had two touchbacks vs. Kentucky…Was perfect 4-for-4 on extra points
and made his only field-goal attempt--a 44-yarder at Tennessee…Converted all
five extra points and was 1-of-2 on field goals vs. USF, while also recording a
tackle after a kickoff…Converted 4-of-5 extra-point attempts against Miami
University.

2009:

Named a semifinalist for the 2009 Lou Groza
Award, given to the nation’s top placekicker…Finished 22-for-30 on field goal
attempts in 2009…Made a career-long 56-yard field goal against Georgia, the
longest field goal in the SEC on the season…Made two or more field goals in
seven of eight SEC regular-season games, and added a pair against Alabama in
the SEC title game…Booted a 40-yard field goal in the Sugar Bowl win over
Cincinnati, making him 4-for-4 on the year between 40-49 yards…Was 2-for-2 on
field-goal attempts, connecting from 48 and 32 yards against Alabama in the SEC
Championship Game…Converted on his only PAT of the game and amassed 277 yards
on four kickoffs (69.2 avg.) vs. the Crimson Tide…Went 2-for-2 with field goals
from 27 and 45 yards against Vanderbilt and also went 3-for-3 on extra
points…Nailed a career-long 56-yard field goal in the first half against
Georgia, while also connecting on a 44-yard attempt…It was the second-longest
field goal in school history…He became the only Gator since 1984 to connect on
two field goals over 51 yards in the same season…Connected on three attempts
against Mississippi State…Made the game-winning field goal in the closing
seconds of the game vs. Arkansas from 27 yards out…Also connected on 30 and
51-yard field-goal attempts…Was named the SEC Special Teams Player of the Week
and the Lou Groza Placekicker “Star of the Week” for his efforts…Was 2-for-3 in
field goal attempts, connecting from 28 and 32 yards at LSU…Was 3-for-3 on his
first-career field goal attempts and 2-for-2 on PATs against Tennessee…Named to
the SEC Academic Honor Roll in the fall of 2009…Averaged 64.4 yards on 99
kickoffs with 10 touchbacks.

2008:

Handled the kickoff duties for the Gators,
averaging 63.7 yards on 90 kicks this season, including 12 touchbacks…Kicked
off six times for 412 yards, a 68.7 average, in the SEC Championship Game
against Alabama…Was 2-for-2 on PAT attempts for the season.

PRIOR
TO FLORIDA:

Played in the Under-Armour High School
All-American Game…First-team Class 3A all-state honoree at
placekicker…Converted 13-of-25 field goal attempts his senior year and made
63-of-64 PATs…Offensive Player of the Week in the Jacksonville area by the
Florida Times-Union after connecting on 32, 37 and a 50-yard field goals…Booted
field goals of 42, 40 and 46 yards against Ponte Vedra Beach (Nease)…Made
8-of-16 field goal attempts in junior year, but six misses were beyond 56
yards…Made 54-of-57 PATs…Named one of the most outstanding kickers by One-On-One
Kicking…Averaged over 70 yards on kickoff distance at the kicking expo with
Mike McCabe and kicked a long field goal of 55 yards…Also played forward on St.
Augustine’s soccer squad and competed for Julington Creek…Two-star recruit by
Rivals.com and earned three-star status by Scout.com…Scout.com’s No. 3 kicker
nationally…Coached by Joey Wiles.

STURGIS’ CAREER
HIGHS

Field
Goals Attempted: 4
(5x, last vs. South Carolina, 2012)

Field
Goals Made: 4
(Tennessee, 2011)

Field
Goals Long: 56
(Georgia, 2009)

Kickoffs:
10
(3x, last Florida International, 2009)

Kickoff
Yards: 658
(The Citadel, 2008)

Kickoff
Average: 69.2,
4 kicks (Alabama, 2009)

Career
Kicking StaTISTICS

Year

XPM

XPA

Pct

FGA/M

Pct

Lng

Pts

2008

2

2

1.000

0/0

0

--

2

2009

44

47

.936

22/30

.733

56

110

2010

19

21

.905

2/4

.500

44

25

2011

31

31

1.000

22/26

.846

55

97

2012

34

35

.971

24/28

.857

51

106

Totals:

130

136

.956

70/88

.795

56

340

Career
Kickoff StaTISTICS

Year

No

Yds

Avg

TB

OB

2008

90

5,733

63.7

12

8

2009

99

6,377

64.4

10

4

2010

27

1,765

65.4

4

2

2011

58

3,851

66.4

10

1

2012

69

4,350

63.0

31

2

Totals:

343

22,076

64.4

67

17

Game-by-game
stats

Date

Opponent

W/L

FGM

FGA

Pct

XPM

XPA

Pct

1-19

20-29

30-39

40-49

50+

Lg

11/15/2008

SCar(24)

W

0

0

-

1

1

100.0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

-

11/22/2008

Cit

W

0

0

-

1

1

100.0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

-

2008 Totals

Team Record: 13-1

0

0

-

2

2

100.0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

-

Date

Opponent

W/L

FGM

FGA

Pct

XPM

XPA

Pct

1-19

20-29

30-39

40-49

50+

Lg

09/12/2009

Troy

W

0

0

-

2

2

100.0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

-

09/19/2009

Tenn

W

3

3

100.0

2

2

100.0

0-0

1-1

2-2

0-0

0-0

37

09/26/2009

@Kty

W

2

2

100.0

5

5

100.0

0-0

1-1

1-1

0-0

0-0

32

10/10/2009

@LSU(4)

W

2

3

66.7

1

1

100.0

0-0

1-2

1-1

0-0

0-0

32

10/17/2009

Ark

W

3

4

75.0

2

2

100.0

0-0

1-1

1-2

0-0

1-1

51

10/24/2009

@MissSt

W

3

4

75.0

2

3

66.7

0-0

3-3

0-1

0-0

0-0

27

10/31/2009

*UGa

W

2

2

100.0

5

5

100.0

0-0

0-0

0-0

1-1

1-1

56

11/07/2009

Vandy

W

2

2

100.0

3

3

100.0

0-0

1-1

0-0

1-1

0-0

45

11/14/2009

@SC

W

1

4

25.0

3

3

100.0

0-0

0-1

1-1

0-0

0-2

32

11/21/2009

FIU

W

0

1

0.0

8

8

100.0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-1

-

11/28/2009

FlaSt

W

1

1

100.0

4

5

80.0

0-0

0-0

1-1

0-0

0-0

37

12/05/2009

*Ala(2)

L

2

2

100.0

1

1

100.0

0-0

0-0

1-1

1-1

0-0

48

01/01/2010

*Cin(4)

W

1

2

50.0

6

7

85.7

0-0

0-0

0-1

1-1

0-0

40

2009 Totals

Team Record: 13-1

22

30

73.3

44

47

93.6

0-0

8-10

8-11

4-4

2-5

56

Date

Opponent

W/L

FGM

FGA

Pct

XPM

XPA

Pct

1-19

20-29

30-39

40-49

50+

Lg

09/04/2010

Mia-O

W

0

1

0.0

4

5

80.0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-1

0-0

-

09/11/2010

SoFla

W

1

2

50.0

5

5

100.0

0-0

1-1

0-1

0-0

0-0

22

09/18/2010

@Tenn

W

1

1

100.0

4

4

100.0

0-0

0-0

0-0

1-1

0-0

44

09/25/2010

Kty

W

0

0

-

6

7

85.7

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

-

2010 Totals

Team Record: 8-5

2

4

50.0

19

21

90.5

0-0

1-1

0-1

1-2

0-0

44

Date

Opponent

W/L

FGM

FGA

Pct

XPM

XPA

Pct

1-19

20-29

30-39

40-49

50+

Lg

09/03/2011

FlaAtl

W

2

2

100.0

5

5

100.0

0-0

1-1

0-0

0-0

1-1

51

09/10/2011

UAB

W

3

3

100.0

4

4

100.0

0-0

2-2

1-1

0-0

0-0

35

09/17/2011

Tenn

W

4

4

100.0

3

3

100.0

0-0

1-1

1-1

2-2

0-0

46

09/24/2011

@Kty

W

2

2

100.0

6

6

100.0

0-0

1-1

0-0

1-1

0-0

45

10/01/2011

Ala(3)

L

1

2

50.0

1

1

100.0

0-0

1-1

0-0

0-0

0-1

21

10/08/2011

@LSU(1)

L

1

1

100.0

0

0

-

0-0

0-0

1-1

0-0

0-0

34

10/15/2011

@Auburn(24)

L

2

2

100.0

0

0

-

0-0

1-1

0-0

1-1

0-0

47

11/05/2011

Vandy

W

2

3

66.7

2

2

100.0

0-0

0-0

0-0

1-2

1-1

55

11/12/2011

@SC(15)

L

2

2

100.0

0

0

-

0-0

2-2

0-0

0-0

0-0

24

11/19/2011

Furman

W

2

4

50.0

6

6

100.0

0-0

0-0

0-0

1-2

1-2

55

11/26/2011

FlaSt

L

0

0

-

1

1

100.0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

-

01/02/2012

*OhioSt

W

1

1

100.0

3

3

100.0

1-1

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

17

2011 Totals

Team Record: 7-6

22

26

84.6

31

31

100.0

1-1

9-9

3-3

6-8

3-5

55

Date

Opponent

W/L

FGM

FGA

Pct

XPM

XPA

Pct

1-19

20-29

30-39

40-49

50+

Lg

09/01/2012

BGSU

W

2

3

66.7

3

3

100.0

0-0

0-1

1-1

0-0

1-1

51

09/08/2012

@TexA&M

W

2

2

100.0

2

2

100.0

0-0

1-1

0-0

0-0

1-1

51

09/15/2012

@Tenn(23)

W

3

3

100.0

4

4

100.0

0-0

2-2

0-0

1-1

0-0

49

09/22/2012

Kty

W

1

2

50.0

5

5

100.0

0-0

1-1

0-1

0-0

0-0

27

10/06/2012

LSU(4)

W

0

0

-

2

2

100.0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-0

-

10/13/2012

@Vandy

W

3

3

100.0

2

2

100.0

0-0

3-3

0-0

0-0

0-0

29

10/20/2012

SC(9)

W

1

1

100.0

5

6

83.3

0-0

0-0

0-0

1-1

0-0

42

10/27/2012

*UGa(12)

L

3

3

100.0

0

0

-

0-0

1-1

1-1

0-0

1-1

50

11/03/2012

Mizzou

W

0

1

0.0

0

0

-

0-0

0-0

0-0

0-1

0-0

-

11/10/2012

UL-Laf

W

2

2

100.0

3

3

100.0

0-0

1-1

1-1

0-0

0-0

38

11/17/2012

JacSt

W

3

4

75.0

2

2

100.0

0-0

1-2

0-0

2-2

0-0

47

11/24/2012

@FlaSt(10)

W

3

3

100.0

4

4

100.0

0-0

0-0

2-2

1-1

0-0

45

01/02/2013

*Lou(22)

L

1

1

100.0

2

2

100.0

0-0

0-0

1-1

0-0

0-0

33

2012 Totals

Team Record: 11-2

24

28

85.7

34

35

97.1

0-0

10-12

6-7

5-6

3-3

51

what
they’re saying…

“Florida
coach Will Muschamp didn't shy away from calling Sturgis the best kicker in
college football, and Sturgis' numbers certainly warrant that praise. He has
great range, but is equally clutch on the pressure kicks. He's made 23-of-27
field goals this season and has six field goals of 50 yards or longer in the
past two seasons.” (12/28/12)Chris Low, ESPN.com

(After
the Florida State win): “He’s outstanding. You fake a field goal and you really
question yourself, because you know you probably just left three points out
there.” (11/25/12)Will Muschamp, UF Head Coach

“My
confidence in him is through the roof. He's outstanding. We're trying to find
an extra year of eligibility.” (11/18/12)Will Muschamp, UF Head Coach

“Caleb’s
on-the-field accomplishments speak for themselves. I think he’s the best
placekicker in the country. He’s very accurate, very dependable and he’s got an
explosive leg. He’s an outstanding young man who has graduated, too.”
(11/16/12)Will Muschamp, UF Head Coach

“There’s no question he’s a game-changer for
us.” (11/6/12)Will Muschamp, UF Head Coach

"He's
very accurate and very dependable. He never gets shook. He just lines up and
does his job. ... In my two years as head coach, to have that opportunity to
have a guy like him has just been a relief." (10/26/12)Will Muschamp, UF Head Coach

(After
the South Carolina game): “When you play like we do, you better be good on special
teams and you better have good specialists, You better have a punter who can
flip the field, coverage units who can handle that, and you better have a good
field-goal kicker. I have tremendous confidence in both those guys. I wouldn’t
trade them for anybody.” (10/22/12)Will Muschamp, UF Head Coach

“I think he's the best kicker in the country.
I got tremendous confidence (in him) and when we hit the 35-yard line I feel
comfortable about Caleb.” (9/2/12)Will Muschmap, UF Head Coach

"Special teams, Caleb Sturgis, probably
the best kicker in the country.” (7/19/12)

Will Muschamp, UF Head Coach

“Caleb Sturgis has been outstanding. He’s
really been kicking the ball well and kicking off well. I’m very pleased with
his progress.” (10/18/11)

Will Muschamp, UF Head Coach

“The amount of confidence we have in Caleb is
just amazing. He and I are in the same graduate program and have gotten to know
each other very well. We go through a lot of the same things, so I have 100
percent support for him any time he goes on the field. I am not even worried,
not even taking a second look hoping it’s going in. I know it’s going in with
Caleb.” (9/17/11)

Dan Wenger, former UF offensive lineman

“Just to know that you feel good and
comfortable when he walks on the field, you feel very comfortable when he goes
to kick a field goal. Caleb has been outstanding for us. Tonight he had a lot
of opportunities. He’s a guy that gives me a huge comfort level, to know that
when we hit the 35-yard line we’re going to get some points.” (9/17/11)

Will Muschamp, UF Head Coach

“Caleb Sturgis has an explosive leg, the best
of which we’ve not seen yet.” (7/31/10)

Buddy Martin, former GatorCountry.com writer

"I couldn't do what he does. I couldn't
go out there when everyone's screaming and all eyes are on you. I respect him a
lot.” (10/22/09)

"He pounds the ball. Sturgis has been
hitting the ball good. I have a lot of confidence, obviously, to have Sturgis
go win the game for us."(10/22/09)

Urban Meyer, former UF Head Coach

"When his foot hits the ball, it sounds
different than most other kickers.” (8/15/08)

Urban Meyer, former UF Head Coach

“He’s got the strongest leg I’ve ever seen. I
had never been at any camps with him but I had heard he was good. He definitely
is. I’d say he was one of the top two or three kickers in the country this
year.” (1/4/08)

Carson Wiggs, former Purdue and current NFL kicker
and punter

“Caleb wants to be the best. He’s got that
God given ability and unlike a lot of people who have the potential, but don’t
work at it hard enough- he does. He’s a rare breed that has the ability and the
drive and the want to really go as far as he wants to. He’s so competitive that
he doesn’t allow himself to think that he could ever miss. He’s like a star
player at the end of a basketball.” (6/11/06)